Heading-press.



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3 SHEETS Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

E. P. BEUGLER.

HEADING PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 24,1913.

ATTDRN EYE:

THE NDRRIS PETERS 50.. PHOTO-LITNQ, WASHINGTON. D. C

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New York, vhaye invented new andf nseful Improvements in QHeadingPreSseS; of

is {designed to pres'sjtdgetherthe- 'seiferai s q 1 tionscrpieces .ofwood which are united means of dowel pins for thepnrposeof prp-li l vducing heading .frem whichgcirc nlar barrel heads are eut In ordertor prodncejatight ingi p m str p f gging .9 s mila 3 material areyusually placed lintthes' ints.

Itisthe object. of this ii veneon mmpro- 'vide a mach e qf compar ely,simnl a d a durable constri cition whereby theoperations bfpr'essing thesecti nstogether over cppesite ends of dew els pointing cfflthe 1- dowels fer-facilitating placing the flagging hetween theheading seeticns efiectedem I pveditiously, conveniently and 'ecenomical lyt In the accompanying drawings: Figure l a 'yertical longitudinal fsecticnflcf ja headl ngi press embcdying, myr iinprcvements. 1

'F @Qisa topfplan View therecf. Y F 3 is a rear end elevation thereof. Figmfl is a frhnt end elevation pf the samel 5 a vertlcal. transverse section takenv in line? Fig. 1.. Figifi is a ertieal transverse section, on an enlarged;scale takenin line;

5%};6, Fig. Tfand showing thecnttr mechar nisrn, whereby f the front endsgof I the dowel 5 pins are pointed; Fand 8';are. vertical 1 sectionsr taken in the ccrrespcndingly numbered lines in. Fig. 6.

aSirnil'ar. characters is of reference indicate ccrrespcnding parts thrc ighol t the several news.

' represents the mainifra'inej cf 1; chine f'which my be; of-an suitable e strncticn'fte snppcrt l the :yariou'si working parts of the machine. On its upper part 1 this frame is prcyidedwith a hbrize'nt'al 1on a g lld na hereupon whi s pported the sections 3 of the barrel headingin a horizcntal crosswise pcsition while 5pl posing edges pf two 5 ad] acent head ng see- 'tions arejipressdtcward eachcther upon Opposite ends ofdowel pins All which are adapted to connect the heading' sections.

In practice thehcjles 5in the edgesflof the r heading; sections are' bored therein at the prcperjfpiaces byaseparate machine before I thehead ngis tassernbled in -thepress. In the case e'f headin'gccmposed ofmor'e than two. sect' iens asjshown in, Fig. 1, each inter medlate" section is provided with openings in itsoppb 'sfite edges while the end sections gl are (inly fberedonl their inner edges. lh

front end inf dbwel is pointed crvsharp ened, asshpwn at 6, so as'to permit of read- 11y"s 1 1'pp1ng a piece oflflagging over the sal'neftoflprodnce atightjcintbetween adja cent heading sections. "Ferconyeniencexin assemblingthe-heading sections, dowel pins and flaggi g, two receptacles'orhoxes 8, 9 are mounted by means 0f a bracktIlOO on the adjacentnpperparf ofthe fr amejand flagging respectively;

1 adapted to contain a supplyo ffpins and againsta shoulder or abutment 11" formed t gh p n ngs, the [front part f e franiefiand engaging .thehooks at their l ljpperfends with the top of the anvil while their lower ends "are provided with screw nutsf1'3iwhich engage withthe underside of r the frame and Operate When tightened to press the an il a'gainstthe upper side of the table. f Arranged horizontally inv the anvil and lengthwise of the machine are a plural- ,ity r-of lsockets or openings 14:, preferably two t in nmnber'each of which is adaptedto :re-

eeive the frcnt'endof one of the: dowel pins 1 lwhereby the opposing edges of two heading sections'a're connected. 'When' plac'ed'in this socket the dowel pin is'squareat oppc- I;

site ends and rests with its square or straight front end against the flat cryerticalfbottorn ,or stop-face 15' cf the socket Vl iieinthis position the dowel" pin 5 is firmly snppqrte'di 75 across the saineianld rests with itsfback in engagement. with the rear ends of the j dowel pins to be effectively pre'ssedor driven forwardly until this headingsection bears against the face of the anviland the dowel pins are driven the proper distance. at their rear ends into the openings of the respective heading section. This driving of a heading section upon the dowel pins and against the anvil is effected by means which comprise a ram or hammer lfi which is colnplished-by means of two adapted to engage withthe rear edge of thef heading section. This hammer or ram is mounted to slide horizontally, and-"'length',-

wisejbackand forth on theupperrear'part of" the frame or'table, the connection bei v tween'this haniiner'andtheftable beingpref-- erably so constructed "that the fhamni'er or l ram is free, tojslide lengthwise on-the fralne lout is incapable of verticaljinovement there r 0111 As shown in Figs.'3.and'5:ftl1is tis ac jecting guide flanges 1T arran laterallygproged' horizon tally and lengthwise on then jperkpart of the frame and engagingwithlohgitudinal; guide grooves 18 formed] on the inner-sides of two guide flanges" 19 dependin'gjlengthtable.

Inthe operation of assembling a plurality a of heading sections for the purposelof' pro} wise from opposite longitudinaledges er the e tan' ale s pp ite s d t A t 1 terxmaybe effectedbyfvarious means, for

ducing a complete 'headingwhieh is ready to i be cut into circular form to'fit a barrel the operator first places a setfof'dowel pins in the sockets of the anvil, 'thenplaces the first g section of the headingupon theta'ble with I its openingsin line with thedowel pins and then causes thehammer or ra'mto be moved a forwardly sojasto deliver a blow against the rear edge'of the respective heading section force'the same with its openings upon the dowel pins after. which the hammer is again retracted into its rcarmost position.

. Preparatory to moving the respective heading section rearwardly together with? the dowel pins into posit-ion for assembling; the next heading section therewith the front f ends of the dowel pins are pointed or out ofi'g Oil in bevelwhile these pins are still' within the sockets of the anvil and engaging their straight front ends with'the vertical stop. face thereof. Various means may be en 1- plo'yed for thispurpose but those shownin:

the drawings are suitable and preferred and constr uctedas followsf 2( represents a cutter blade" which recipr'ocates"horizontally' and transversely in a guidewaywhich intersects the front ends or "inner parts oft-he sockets which receive the dowel pins; this uide' way being formed by the bottom of'a horizontal transverse groove 21 inthe upper' "'sidbf the anvil engaging with the underadaptedto pass *back and forth past one of.v

the dowel pin sockets and another cutting 1 edge 26"which is arranged on the rear edge of a notch 2&0 in the lower edge of the blade position of this cutterblade its cutting edges 'f r e d w Pi Q Qts'Sh'Q em F g- 6, and W'lill'ifi this positionthe" dowel'gpins rest s uarely t "at their "inner Lends" against and adapted topass back and forth across the other dowel pin socket. In, the retracted.

the stop facevof the "anviland receive a lon- I gitudinal thrust while theheadingsection is drivenon tothe sa'fne; After the heading section and l the j dcwel l pins have been thus assembled the cutter-blade is' movedforwardly so thatitscutting edges move across the front ends of the dowel pin's'and sever the same on abevel, whereby the dowel pins are 2 sharpened or pointed forf convenience in; subse uently; threading? slipping a ciprocating 1ncvement of the fdowelf but instance by- I which shown Figs. 1; 2, a and 1 .01: the' drawings*and which comprise afxj ertically swinging elbow lever pivoted the right hand side of the main frame; a fork QSisecured to the righthand end ofthe cutter blade andfernbracing theappe arm of the elbowlever, a

lever and '"spring'32 connecting thetreadle wlth theadjacentpart of the main frame and operating constantly to raise the treadle and to turn the elbow leverjiso'as to move the cutter into its inoperative position 'to- 4 ward the'riglit'fo'f the machine. 1

wh-n the operate sire a. point. a Set of dowel vpins which. are arranged, within ,tlie*anvilj3 lie depr sgg'thje treadle whereby v the cutter is fmove'd"forwardly 'across" the dowel pins and cuts them off 7 on a beveland immediately thereafter removes "the pressure spring 32 lto' again"retract. the ciitter into its n p tive; Po i p p. 'ing' the jnextset of dowelspins. '1

gifterjthe from ends of a set-of dowrpins have been thus pointed the same" and, the heading section attachedthereto are moved inwardly so thatthefdowel pinswhich ha've ratory to point been just sharpened are exposed in rear ofthe face of the anvil. Theoperator now take'sastrip of :flagging and impales the same on the dowel pins which operation is facilitated by the pointed ends of the dowels piercing holes freely in the flagging. After placing another setof unpointed dowel pins in the sockets oflthe anvil and another section of I the. heading between the rear ends of the pins in the anvil and the front ends of the pins on the previous heading section so that the corresponding dowel pins and; dowel openings ofthe heading sections'are in alinement the operator again causes. the

ram 01' hammer to advance and strike a for Ward blow against the rear head ng section,

whereby the latter is drivenforwardly until it engages its front edge with. the rear edge of thefront section and its dowel pins enter the-rear openings of the front section and the openings in the front edge of the front section, are driven upon the rear ends of-the Qdowelpins in the anvil. During this operationgthe opposing edges of the twoheading sections are tightly pressed together against opposite sides of the flagging between them.

If the barrelfor which the heading is intended .does notfrequire afperfectly tight joint between the heading sections orif the. opposing edgesof the headin'g sections have been-previously planed sufiiciently accurate. toproduce a tightjoint betweenthe same without the use of flagging the lattermay be omittedin: which case the heading sections beandirectlyagainst each other at their opposing edges. pAfterthus assembling the second heading section with the pre- .vious section and applying the last men-f tioned setvfofggdowel pins theretothe operlationsfiof first; sharpening the last set of dowel pins; then jmoving the same rearwardlywith the "heading sections, applying astrip of flagging tothe lastvs'et of dowel pins and assembling th'e'same with the next following heading seotion'are repeated in thegsame manner as has beendescribed with reference to the other heading sections. As many heading sections, as required may be thus connected. by, means of dowel pins in this manneras the-widthof headingsections or; the size of barrel for which the heading is intended mayrequire, it beingunderstood that the outer [edges ofthe first and last heading sections arefnot provided with dowel pin openings inasmuch as they: do not require the same, i

s In thedrawings the anvil is provided with two dowel pin sockets forthe purpose of connecting adjacent heading-sections by means of two dowel pins butji'fgdesireda different numberof dowel pin sockets may be employed if the characteroflthe heading which is builtup makesthis desirable. In building up heading for different .sizesof barrels the distance between the dowel pins and the size of the dowel pinsvaries to suit the particular size of heading and in order to enable this machine to be used for making up heading of different sizes a number of anvils are preferably made up each of whichgis designed to receive the pins .ofa certain size and spaced apart a distance to suit a partieular barrel heading. Itjisthere forepossible to interchange the anvils one for another in the machine and quickly adapt the same for various sizes of heading.

The outer longitudinal. edges of the end sections of the heading are usually not planed or trimmed and therefore seldom parallel with thej oints' between the several head ing sections. Inorder therefore to permit the hammerfto engage the rear edge of the rear heading section so as to properly press the same together the striking face 33 at the frontendof the hammer is curved horireversing the hammer-end for} end on the The preferred means for rec'iprocating the ram orhammer-fwhich. are shown in the drawings are constructed as. follows: 35

represents an upright hammer rock lever which swings in a vertical plane lengthwise OftlIQ machine and has its central part moving through a longitudinal 1 slot 36 a formed in the upper part of the main frame while its upper free endis operatively connected. with the. ram or hammer and its lower end is pivoted on the lower part of the main frame; preferably by the samepin '30 by which the rear endof the treadle is pivotally connectedwith the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Various means may be employed for adjustably connecting the upper end of the hammerlever for the purpose of adaptingthe position of the hammer to suit the particular width ofthe com- 'pleted heading which is to be produced by the machine. "The means shown inlthe drawings for this purpose comprise galongitudinal slot 37 formed lengthwise in-the ha-m- .m'er and receiving the upper part of the hammer lever, and anadjustablebearing block 38 secured to the upper side of-the hammer [so as to be capable oflongitudinal adjustment thercon and provided with an opening 39 which receives the upper end ofthe hammer lever. The means shown in the drawings foradiustably connecting the bear-- ing. block with thehammer preferably comprise two clampiug bolts 40 passingthrough the bearing block on opposite sides of the hammer "leverand through longitudinal slots 41' in the" hammer on opposite sides" of itsv central slot which receives the hammer "lever. Upon loosening these bolts the hammer may be shifted lengthwise of the tableand then secured to the'beari'ng blo'ckby tightening the bolts 40, thereby enabling the hammer to be adjusted into position for operating upon'different sizesof barrel heading. In order to relieve the clamping bolts 40 from undue strain and preventing the same from becoming loose by the constantblows which are delivered by the ham 7 mer against the heading the bearing block and the hammer are positivelyinterlocked in the various positions to which the same may beadjusted by meanspof transverse ribs 42 or other projections formed on the underside of the bearing block and engaging with one or the other of a plurality of transverse notches, recesses or grooves 43 formed in the upper side of the hammer.

' The backward mo-vement'of the hammer lever togetherwitli the hammer operatively connected therewith is effected by spring pressure. The device for this purpose which is shown in thedrawings preferably com prlses two return sprlngs 4A arranged horrzontally one above'the other lengthwise 111% the lower part of the-machine,- a front'yoke 45 connecting at its opposite ends with the front ends of these two springs, a' c'levis46 connecting the central "part of this front yokewith the lower, part of the hammer lever, a rear yoke 47 having its-opposite ends connectedwith the rear ends of the regulated as desired andyafter. adjustment the tension or adjusting arm isheld in position by means of the clamping nut 50.

' The forward movement of the hammer 1ever together with the hammer for deliveringa blow against the heading is effected by means of apa-ir of upperand lower fric --v tion rollers 51, 52 which areadapted to- 0peratively engage with the upperand lower sides .of' a horizontally and longitudinally movable friction beam 53 which is operatively connected with the central part of the hammer lever. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5,

f the connection between the friction-[beam and the hammer lever is preferably pro duce'd'by' a coupling or pivot block 54 which is secured at its rear end by a bolt 57-"01" otherwise to the, front end of the friction beam and provided with i an opening 56.

through which the central part of the hammer'lever passes, and a pivot pin passing horizontally and transversely through the pivot block and the hammer lever. One of these frictionrollers preferably the upper one 51' is mounted on atransverse shaft 58 whichisjournaledlin fixed bearings 5.9 'onthe main frame and is rotated continuously in the direction of the arrow shown in'Fig.

5 byimeans of a driving belt passingaround a pulley 60 mounted on one endof the shaft 58. The other'or lower friction roller 52 is mountedon a shaft 61 journaled vertiically movable bearings 62 which are preferably formed on an L-sl1aped yoke havinga horizontal arm" 63 projecting rearwardly from the axis of the'roller and pivoted by means. of a transverse pin 64' on the adjacent part of the main frame so that the'yoke swings vertically. The lower friction :i'oller isyieldingly held in its lowered position :by

means of as rin "65 connected atone end with the lower arm 660f the elbow-shaped yoke and at itsotherend with anadjusting screw 67 mounted on the adjacent part of the mainframe; The-two friction rollers are caused to turn together by intermeshing gear wheels .80, I81 5 secured to the shafts and 61, respectively.

Normally the fri'ctlon. rollers do not. en-

gage'foperatively with thefriction beam-so hat the latter together with-the hammer connectedtherewith-is held in its rearmost position by means of the'return'springs 44'.

lyhen itis desired to delivera blow of the hammer a gainstithe heading the yoke sup moved forwardly quickly the power driven upper friction rollerand the hammer is caused tomove forwardly anddeliver a blow against the heading after which ioo porting the lower driving roller is raised sufficiently to cause the friction'beam to be gripped between the upperand lower 1 friction rollers whereby the friction beam "is the lower friction'rolleris again lowered to permit the return springs to movethe hammer into 1ts backward poslt on. This ra1s- -mg of .the. lower;fiictiom-roller is prefen ably effected by means of a hand-lever pivr oted to swing vertically on the-lo wer central part of themain frame by m'eanetf the transversepin 68'and having rear-single arni '69 engaging with an'fadj'usting screw 70 onthe lower partof the friction roller yoke and provlded with: two 'frontrarms or handles 71 which project forwardly and lengthwise along *oppositesides of the main frame within convenientreach of the {;operator wl11le-; the'same'isstanding at the front endiof the machine; Thesefiha'ndles are preferably guided in loops'72 on opposite sides of the main frame soas to pre- 7 vent lateral displacement of the sameb' hand leverthe front arms'thereof are raised and the lower friction Wheel or roller de pressed by the spring 6 5ther eby releasing the grip of the friction wheelsfon the fric tion beam and permitting the return springs 44; to retract the hammer.

By employing two front arms on the hand.

lever which controls the friction operating mechanism of the hammer it is possible for the operator to cause the hammer to advance "by the use of either one hand or the other. By instructing the operator to always use both hands on the two front arms for op-" eratingthe frictiondriving mechanism of the hammer the danger of catching the fingers 'of the operatorbetween the sections of i the heading and possibly injuring the same is avoided.

wardstroke of the hammer a cushion device a [the stroke of the sameJ '35 'I is provided, 'which preferably comprises front and rear springs 73,474 which are arrear ends of theslot 36 in posltlon to be enranged pockets 7 5, 7 6 at the front and gagged by the front and rear sides of the hammer lever at the front and My improvedheading press is very compact 'ln'constructlon, thesame can be very conveniently and expediously' operated andthe same can'b e very readily 'adapted for producing heading at com cost for barrels "of, different sizes,

I claim as my invention:

1. A heading presswcomprising table adapted to supportthe heading,- an anvil arranged on the table andlpr ovided with sockets adapted to receive dowel pins, and with abutting faces arranged at right angles to said pins for engaging therearends of the latter, and a hammer movable toward and from said anvil. v I

2. A heading press comprising a table adapted to support the heading, an anvil ar ranged on the table and provided with sockets adapted to receive dowel pins, and with abutting faces arranged at right angles to said pins for engagingthe rear ends of the latter, a hammer movable toward, 'and from said anvil, and means for pointing the ends of said dowelpins while engaging said I abutment.

3. A heading press comprising table adapted to support the heading, an anvil arranged on the tableand provided with, sockets adapted to receive dowel pins, and

with abutting faces arranged at right ansaid sockets.

"In order to avoid undue of the machine at the end of the forward and backrear ends of paratively low I of the latter, a hammer movable toward and.

from said anvil,- and meansfor pointing the ends ofsaid dowel pins while engaging said said socketsx" 4=, A heading press comprising a table adap e e -s pp r h adi g a anvil imounted. on the table and provided with sockets for receiving dowelpins and having a guideway extending across said sockets and formed by the bottom of a groove in the anvil" and a retaining block secured in the upper partof said groove, and a cutter bladesliding in saidguideway and adapted to point the front ends of the dowel pins in 5. A heading press comprising a table adapted to support the heading, an anvil mounted on the table and provided with sockets for receiving dowel pins and having a guideway extending across said sockets and formed by the bottom of a groove in the anvil and a retaining block secured in the 11' per part of said groove, a cutter abutmentcomprising acutterblade movable at a an angle" across thefimier ends of blade sli ing said guideway and adapted to point the front. ends of the dowel pins 1n said sockets, and means for reciprocating said cutter bladein'said guideway. V

6. A heading press comprising a table adapted to support the heading, ananvil mounted on the table and provided with "s'ocketsfor receiving dowel pins and having a guideway extending across said sockets andformed by-the bottom of a groove inflthe anvil and a retaining block secured in the upper part of said groove, acutter blade sliding in said guideway and adapted to point the front ends of the dowel pins in said sockets, and means for reciprocating said cutter blade in said guideway, comprising an elbow lever having one of its arms connected with said cutter blade, a treadle connected with said elbow lever, and a spring for retracting said treadle and the parts associated therewith. i

7. A heading press comprising a table adapted to support the heading and pro vided with an abutment, an anvil removably engaging with said abutment and provided with sockets adapted to receive dowel pins, and means for securing said anvil to the table comprising a clamping bolt mounted on the table and having a hook engaging with the upper side of said anvil. 8. A heading press comprising a frame having a table adapted to support the head-' ing on its underside, an anvil arranged at one end of the table and adapted to support the heading at one edge thereof, a movable hammer adapted to strike the opposite edge of the heading and means for moving the hammer toward and from the anvil comprising a me]; leve -pivoted Q11 the frame, 1 :Witness my hand thiSQ-Qllddfij bf 'April vided with, an Qpening which receives said Witnegses:

vand means for (zidjustably connectingthe 19.13.;5 hammer with sai, L mar comprisinga bear.- 1 Y ing blockmstingon the hammer and pro- E lever, and boltsarranged in said block and HENRY J .-HEIDEILBACH,-

i1; longitudinal'slots in said hammer. GEORGE .J. WEIN. ":1 1

copies of this patgnf may be obtained fo r fii r' cnt ahl i, by, fiddrsing the q omm is iqi l ler of Ratent, I

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